Two Nebraska police officers wounded in confrontation with wanted suspect killed in shootout

Two police officers in Lincoln, Neb., were hurt while confronting a wanted suspect who was killed during the ensuing shootout Sunday night. (KETV)

A scuffle with a wanted perp wounded two Lincoln, Neb., police officers and left a man dead in the street after an exchange of fire Sunday night.

A male officer suffered non-life threatening injuries after being shot when the unidentified suspect pulled out a gun during an 8:47 p.m. traffic stop. The ensuing confrontation hurt a female officer as well, authorities said.

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The suspect, who had a felony warrant for his arrest, was shot and killed by gunfire overheard by residents in the typically quiet neighborhood in the northeast of the city.

"I was sitting in my living room watching TV," Robert Lenzen told the Journal Star shortly after the shootout. "I thought there was fireworks, then there was police cars. There's still a body in the street ... looked like a policeman was shot."

In the shooting's chaotic aftermath, police surrounded a home with their guns drawn and took five people into custody.